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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of A. E. Housman, poet, were given to the Library of Congress by Gertrude Clarke Whittal in 1940. Purchases and gifts were added 1942-1969.
The papers of A. E. Housman were arranged and described in 1978. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Photographs and drawings have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Divisio where they are identified as part of the A. E. Housman Papers.
A collection of Housman correspondence and writings is also at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of A. E. Housman is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of A. E. Housman are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on two reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, A. E. Housman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) span the years 1906-1940 and consist largely of drafts of poems, containing numerous corrections and alterations, most of which appeared in
An addition to the collection contains photocopies of the published works noted above. The originals of the published volumes, part of a Housman collection at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, were annotated by John W. Carter in 1939 with readings from the original manuscripts as transcribed from the notebooks. A considerable number of these readings are no longer visible in the manuscripts themselves, and as such, the photocopies represent an important supplement to the notebooks.
Also in the addition is a photocopy of an analysis of the poems in the notebooks, prepared by Carter and accompanied by a photocopy of an index to the original arrangement of the notebooks. Other material in the addition includes a small number of correspondence and miscellaneous items.
The notebooks are arranged in the sequence they were received, and the addition is organized according to type of material.
*Available on microfilm. Shelf nos. 13,092 and 13,224 (duplicate)
**Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 10,036